War Eagle !

Last night, I attended an Auburn Club meeting and it was great ! Imagine a room full of orange and blue with the speakers taking us down memory lane of their days at Auburn.

Beginning with a local retired veterinarian who was a track star at Auburn when it was still Alabama Polytechnic Institute, on to a local all-American football player who played during the Shug Jordan days, then an Auburn basketball player who at 6'11" is still our town's tallest guy. The program also included stories from a local man who played football at Auburn during the glory days of Bo Jackson, Lionel James, Greg Carr and others who played under Coach Pat Dye. And finally, a local Auburnite who has been officiating SEC football games for many years shared lots of sideline stories and admitted that he had been called dumb, blind, one-sided, etc. many times .

The most amazing thing to me was that 6 guys , all outstanding college athletes, from ages mid-40's to mid-80's, could stand up and relate game statistics, almost play by play, remember names of guys that played on their teams and the opposing teams, and give detailed accounts of events that happened to them at Auburn even though it was anywhere from 25 to 65 years ago.

To have that kind of impact, I think you could say it is a very special place !!!